Introduction:

Laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of neoplastic colorectal disease presents the same benefits as in the case of other procedures performed by this route. Over the years, the number of patients operated on by this technique is increasing. Despite this, minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of colorectal cancer is not free from postoperative complications.

Objective:

To carry out a critical analysis of the postoperative complications of laparoscopic surgery in colorectal cancer patients.

Development:

A bibliographic review of case reports, bibliographic reviews, case series articles in English and Spanish was carried out from January 2005 to December 2021, in indexed national and international journals and in recognized databases. The main keywords used were colorectal cancer, laparoscopic surgery, postoperative complications. After the bibliographic review carried out, the main postoperative complications of laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of colorectal cancer were analyzed.

Conclusions:

In minimally invasive surgery as an approach in the treatment of colorectal cancer, the main postoperative complications are surgical site infection and anastomotic leakage.

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